Reliability and Validity of the Chinese version of《knowledge and attitudes survey regarding pain》 (2014)

Objective To translate and revise《knowledge and attitudes survey regarding pain》 (KASRP) (2014), and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of KASRP (2014) and to conduct application testing. Methods Compared with the original English versions of KASRP 2014 and 2008, the adjusted or newly added items were translated into Chinese through repeated review process, and 140 nurses were conveniently sampled for questionnaire survey. At the same time, 35 subjects were repeatedly measured at intervals of 3 weeks.The internal consistency coefficient and the test-retest were used to assess the reliability, and the content validity and construct validity were used to assess the validity. Results The total Cronbach α coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.717; the test-retest reliability was 0.765; accumulating contribution rate of 14 factors was 67.815%; the expert evaluation result was: the average score of 4 items among 6 different items was 5 points, which was extremely applicable; the average score of 2 items was ≥ 4 points, which was applicable. The number of correct answers for the respondents was 12-27, and the average answer was 19.28±3.11. The answer rate was between 29% and 66%, with an average of (47 ± 8)%. Conclusion The Chinese version of KASRP(2014) has good reliability and validity and application results. Key words: Pain management; Knowledge; Attitude; Reliability; Validity; Investigation